Garment hanger



Jan.24,1950 E. L. LEE HAL 2,495,335

GARMENT HANGER Filed D66. 9, 1946 INVENTOR. [Id/47755771 1.165.

Patented Jan. 24, 1950 UNITED STATES GARMENT HANGER Elizabeth L. Lee andThomas P. Lee, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application December 9, 1946, Serial No. 715,000

1 Claim. 1

Our invention relates to a garment hanger and has for its principalobjects to provide a pair of specially shaped lightweight forms adaptedto be removably mounted on the rails of conventional garment hangers, soas to provide fairly wide supports for the shoulder portions of coats,jackets, and the like and holding same in practically the same shape aswhen positioned on the wearers body and shoulders.

A further object of our invention is, to provide a garment hanger of thecharacter referred to, that is simple in structure, inexpensive ofmanufacture and capable of being readily applied to, removed from andadjusted lengthwise upon the rail of the hanger, thus enabling coats andjackets of different sizes to be properly supported.

With the foregoing, and other objects in view, our invention consists incertain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts whichwill be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a garment hanger constructed inaccordance with our invention with one of the shoulder supports invertical section.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the hanger.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modified form of one of the shouldersupporting blanks.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing which illustrates apreferred embodiment of the invention, I0 designates the curved rail ofa conventional form of garment hanger,

.provided with the usual upwardly projecting hanger hook such as I I,and if desired with 9. depending rail I2 of wire, adapted to receive andsupport trousers, skirts and the like.

Our shoulder supporting forms, identical in shape and structure, arecut, molded, stamped or pressed from thin sheet material such as metal,plastics or composition and each form comprises an elongated,substantially rectangular member l3, the inner end portion of which isof inverted U-shape as seen in Fig. 3.

From its inner end the member l3, the radius of the cross sectionalcurvature thereof gradually increases until at its outer end, saidmember has the cross sectional shape of an arc of approximately 60degrees in length, and with a radius several times greater than that ofthe inner portion of said member. Thus the two members I! combine toprovide a fairly broad transversely curved form that imparts naturalshape to the shoulder portions of the suspended coat or jacket.

Formed'integral with each member i3 and depending i'rom or near itsinner end, is a hook it, which engages beneath rail l0, and dependingfrom each member, [at or near its outer end, is a pair of spaced fingersl5 which engage the sides of said rail near its outer end.

Depending from member l3 between fingers I5 is a prong l6, which whenpressed into the arm l0, assists materially in anchoring the member l3thereto.

In Fig. 5, we have shown a modified construction wherein a rail engaginghook Ha is formed integral with, by stamping or otherwise, the inner endof the sheet of material forming body I31; and spaced fingers such asI51; and a prong such as lBa are stamped and bent downward from saidbody at or near its outer end.

After plate l3a is stamped and cut, hook Ma and fingers l5a are bentdownward on the dotted lines as shown in Fig. 5.

Thus it will be seen that we have provided simple, practical,inexpensive and readily adjustable means adapted to be applied to therails of conventional garment hangers for supporting in proper shape,the shoulder portions of coats, jackets, cloaks and the like.

Minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts ofour improved garment hanger may be made and substituted for those hereinshown and described without departing from the spirit of the invention,the scope of which is set forth in the appended claim.

We claim as our invention:

The combination with a garment hanger curved arm, of inverted channelshaped members mounted on said arm, a transversely disposed upturned armengaging hook depending from each member a short distance inwardly fromthe inner end thereof, a pair of arm engaging fingers depending from theouter end portion of each member which fingers are spaced apart soas tosnugly receive said curved arm and an integral prong depending from eachmember between the fingers thereof for engagement in said arm.

ELIZABETH L. LEE. THOMAS P. LEE.

REFERENCES CITED .The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 711,477 Crawford Oct. 21, 1902839,285 Geraci Dec. 25, 1906 1,817,369 Hadden Aug. 4, 1931 2,364,883Wahl Dec. 12, 1944

